org.eclipse.jface.text.source
Interface IAnnotationHover

public interface IAnnotationHover

Provides the information to be displayed in a hover popup window which appears over the presentation area of annotations. Clients may implement this interface.

Method Summary

String

getHoverInfo(ISourceViewer sourceViewer, int lineNumber) Returns the text which should be presented in the a hover popup window.

Method Detail

getHoverInfo

public String getHoverInfo(ISourceViewer sourceViewer,
                           int lineNumber)

Returns the text which should be presented in the a hover popup window. This information is requested based on the specified line number.

Parameters:

sourceViewer - the source viewer this hover is registered with

lineNumber - the line number for which information is requested

Returns:

the requested information or null if no such information exists